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About Brookings-Harbor pilot. (Brookings, Curry County, Oregon) 1946-1978 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 19, 1946)
¡DAY. SEPTEMBER 19, 1946 rest and Care roft Lilies ih«u€<i from Page Six jgOOKIKG8.HARBt->R PILOT. BROOKINGS. OREGON in preparation for use. A screen made from inch mesh hard wood cloth is satisfactory. After the peat has been shredded and screened it should be moistened by sprinkling and mixing with w ater. The moistened peat seems to improve as a packing m aterial if it is allowed to stand about 24 hours before using. NOTE: Moisten the granu lated peat, but do not make it wet. If the peat is used drv, as it comes from the bale, it will draw m oisture from the bulbs, causing unnecessary shrinkage and harm. your membership and help work toward his educational security. so that he will be equipped to plan a well-balanced and satisfy ing life. Every boy and girl in hx'al school system is budding the educational foundation f o r success or failure. Parents and teachers, working together through the P.-T. A., canaccomplish many of the things needed to improve the future our local youngsters have a right to look forward to. There is strength in numbers working for a com mon good. Every parent of a local school child will either be called upon or receive a personal invitation to affiliate with (he P.-T. A. The organization can begin to func tion sooner in the school year if you will send your application for membership to your child’s teacher, give it to Jeanette Pierce, acting president, or to Lulu Gol- dizen, membership chairm an. A yearly fee of 50c is asked to de fray expenses.—Contributed tre indicated on the follow* es. These tan lx* made from vood or Mi to 3 16 mas- If a lily bulb will pass , a no. 6 opening but not a No. 5. then it is classed 0 5-6 bulb. Sim ilary if a |b will pass through a no. mg but not through a no. it is a 7-8 bulh. All bulbs fs are better classed as Packing The Bulbs g stock. The perform ance ¡forcing stock has not been Cover the bottom of the case non; and in the opinion of with a layer of the moistened peat orists. they should be plant- moss. Place a layer of bulbs on for an additional y e a r’s this and add enough of the pack ing m aterial to fill the spaces be problem of shrinkage is a tween the bulbs to cover them. ome one. Many brokers, Add another layer of bulbs and ers too. complain th at the packing m aterial and repeat until are undersized when they the ease has been filled. If the them Perhaps some of this bulbs are placed in the case ac avoided if the bulbs a re cording to a definite pattern, say in such a m anner as to 25 bulbs to a layer, then the prob ind storage with a mini- lem of counting is simplified. Many imount of shrinkage. How- growers place the bulbs in rows may be difficult, if not across the case with the roots all Mrs. W. K. Harmon of K lam able, to pack bulbs so they one way, the second row of bulbs ath Falls came Sunday and will urvive storage indefinitely covering the roots of the first row, remain here during bulb harvest, some deterioration, such and so on until the layer is com the next two weeks or more. ikage. excessive root growth pleted. About four layers of 25 Mrs. Ella Kessler arrived Sun trhaps some definite allow- bulbs each will fill a case made day by car from Dixon. Wyo., and ds to bemade for shrink- from apple box stock. is visiting her sons. Homer and he question then arises as Before nailing the cover be sure George of Brookings, and Ralph iwill bear this loss, the case is well filled. Settle the of Gold Beach, for a time before contents of the case by gently going to Corvallis where she will ling Cases shaking the and firm the pack be house m other at a sorority, at | growers have been pack ing m aterial above the last layer Oregon State College campus. A power shovel was unloaded er forcing bulbs in units of of bulbs by pressing gently with here Sunday by Elm er Bankus* the hands. Pay particular a tte n t Shipping cases made of crew’, to be used in his operations. box stock seem to be about ion to to the sides and ends of the A number of the board members pack. Add packing m aterial to a ht size to accomodate the left for Portland earlier this week little more than will fill the ease. and packing m aterial. Tops to confer with Freem an & Hays- Moms must be made of the The cover should buldge some lip, architects, concerning erec what after it has been nailed in material as the sides since tion of the local school building. nventional tops and bottom s place. The object is to prevent the Mrs. Georgia Froom, form er bulbs from shifting in the case td for apple boxes a re not first grade teacher at Gold Beach, during the shipping and shorage suited for packing lilies, is reported to have been appointed lock is available inthe region operation. Careless packs are a county school superintendent, to loss to everyone less than would specially fill the vacanacy caused by resig fk. C ases should be cleated nation of Kathryn Smith, who Labeling The Cases ^und. This is necessary to left for Hood River. the circulation of a ir a- Plainly m ark each case wdth the Mr. and Mrs. M. Stephenson of -tid between the cases when variety, the number of bulbs it 1 Salem are guests of Mrs. Stephen- of them are stacked in contains and the size. Some grow i son’s mother, Mrs. Goldie Smith, c warehouse. It also streng- ers also include the date when the j The Stephensons are associated r,‘m against possible rup- ease was packed. For example: , in the Triple S Bulh Farm s, with 1 handling. CROFT 100 7’s 8’s 9-29-46 ' Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Sw earinger. ttunat lv not all growers Do not pack more than one size ! He is state bridge engineer for this type of case. T h a t in the same ease. Also avoid mix (Oregon. •s need for the g ro w ers to ing varieties. The florist, who is Mr. and Mrs. Bert Cleveland andard shipping case is the ultim ate consumer of your 1 left late Saturday evening en apparent. Economy of stor- porduct, will thank you for this route to Los Angeles where Mr. ?c’ is perhaps one of the considérai ion. Unfortunately, no ; if the growers w’ould two varieties of E aster lilies res ^ir collective experience pond in the same way to any given with that of the brokers, set of forcing directions. 3 satisfactory solution to lem would he found. Local News Items W Material P.-T. A. Seeks Big Membership List ?r:ence shows that granul- •3 moss is a satisfactory Is your child’s success tomorrow ’o use for packing lily ‘ s^’Pnient. Both the hort- j w orth a little of your considera Pade and that sold for tion today? 1 ’"f are used. Both are Today, you worked long, hard ’ - this region and both hours in those precious lilies, to ■‘Omical to use. The peat insure his economic security. Give J* shredded and screened the Parent-Teachers Association N o t i c e Offices of Brookings Land & Town- Home of the Croft I a I q i lexeland will visit a brother, and spend part of his vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Stephenson are in ,he ^ ll“c,ric C°-°'S son of Dayton were brief visitors in Brookings. Monday, en m ute to ('rescent Citv. from w heer they plann.nl to visit O regon Caves, o tln e d u rin g his absence hon„. via Ros(,h„ ri, Mr. and Mrs. Charles C arr a n d , Eugene. L IL Y BULB IN S U R A N C E Arrange now for fire insurance coverage from digging to shipping an d re-planting time. 5 ou cannot afford to gamble against fire while bulbs are in storage. PETE J. LESMEISTER AGENCY REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE Central Builidng Brookings, Ore. & & Cafe Open 7:00 a. m. to 8:00 p. m. D IN N ER S A N D SH O RT O RD ER S CLOSED EVERY TUESDAY FLOSSIE BUCHANAN, Proprietor Excavating Shovel Backhoe Dragline Sand - Gravel Road Rock Fill Material River Silt READY - MIX CONCRETE BASEMENTS FOUNDATIONS SIDEWALKS RETAINING WALLS All kinds of Concrete Work Kellogg & Bihl Yelton Apts. Brookings, Oregon NEW SHIPMENT OF Unfinished Furniture Gate Leg T ables....................................................................... $8.95 Drop-leg Tables ............................................................... .........$10.95 CHAIRS, choice of 3 st yles....................... $2.50, $3.95 and $5.95 DESKS......................$11.95 BOOKCASES......$7.15 and $11.15 Chest of D raw ers.....................................................$11.95 to $21.95 Dressing T ables......................................................... $7.75 to $13.95 Full-Size Bed ............................................................................. $12.95 Benches.............................................................................. $4.95 Corner Shelves............................................................................. $1.95 Co., and Brookings Water De partment, henceforth, w i l l be lo cated in Room 6, Central Building. E lmer bankus Hendricks* Furniture Co. New .Johnson Building Store Hours 9 a. m. to 6 p. m. Brookings ? Oregon ;
